Answered by Mr.Clem from Canada | Mar. 23, 2011 00:18
I do not believe the train to and from Haikou to Sanya can be termed as bullet train by any stretch of imagination.
I have been on that train before, about 1 and half years ago.
Also I do not believe there is any plan to build a bulletin train system and there is nothing on the works as yet as far as I know. I do keep track on this aspect of China's HSR development.
One basic criterion, the population size and density in both cities simply do not warrant a bullet train system, plain and simple.
Now the bullet trains systems are mainly between major metropolitan cities like Shanghai/Beijing/Guangzhou/Tianjin and now Wuhan is in the picture just recently. I think Hangzhou has that too to Shanghai.
The newest is Guangzhou / Wuhan. The HSR between Shanghai and Beijing and Shanghai is the fastest in the world but France took exception to that claim
518 KPH I believe.
Now China is serious negotiation with 17 countries building a HSR system from Singapore all the way to London.
Isn't that something. That is the largest engineering project in the entire history of human civilization if it ever materialized